"Azrou middle Atlas mountains" Azrou1's photos around Azrou, Morocco

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Entry from: Azrou, Morocco
Entry Title: "Azrou middle Atlas mountains"

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"This will be 8 months since I was last trekking out of Azrou.
So I did a little more research to share with likeminded pro-poor travellers.I hope you'll find it informative.

So on the 29th of April I'M OFF! Yippy Got Tickets!
All for under £90!!!
Azrou is a picturesque market town nestled in the mid-Atlas mountains at an invigorating altitude of 1250m. Situated 56 miles (90 kilometres) south of Fez (only a 1 ¼ hour's drive) from Fez international airport.
Spring is a pleasant season in this region. May temperatures are between 10-25 °C. The Flora & Fauna is blooming in diverse scenic terrain and attracts vast arrays of bird species. This creates fantastic visuals & sounds, ideal for capturing on video or camera. Camping & trekking in the Mid-atlas Mountains is a unique experience from the hospitality of the locals to the remote trails you'll discover in pristine mountain surroundings.

Unlike Fez Azrou is very laidback and a great place to base yourself if you are into trekking off the beaten track above the Medina there are wooded slopes with varied trails leading up to plateaus. There are Lakes and ancient cedar & pine forests at 1700 metres, where the only inhabitants are Berber (Amazigh) shepherds and foresters who welcome all visitors.

This most hospitable market town's charming bustling medina is full of colour, aroma, restaurants, cafes, barbers, hairdressers, bespoke tailors/dressmakers and hammams (baths). It will enchant you with its bargain wares, carvings, spices, rugs, jewellery, and leather.

The endemic cedar (Cedrus atlantica) ecosystem is estimated as 100,000 hectares the largest concentration of cedar in North Africa and the western Mediterranean.
The forests is shared with the Holm oak (Quercus ballota) which characterizes the lower forest, spilling out onto vast fertile plateaux which host small Berber (Amazigh) ancestral & community settlements all of whom welcome visitors with their unique brand of traditional hospitality.

The Azrou region hosts one of the worlds largest population of the Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) this species is currently limited to forest areas in Morocco and Algeria, its the only primate north of the Sahara desert.

***TRAVEL TIPS***
How to get to Azrou
***Air***Rail***Coach***Ferry***
Important Passports must be valid for at least six months beyond the date of entry into Morocco!

STOP PRESS!
May 4th Ryanair www.ryanair.com/ start direct flights 3 days a week from London Stansted to Fez from GBP 60 RETURN!

We are based in Azrou 1¼ hours from Fez airport.Time zone: GMT + 1 hour;
1 GBP=12.61Dh Moroccan Dirham
Fez airport is 1 hour from Azrou I will be greeted there!
By Air
I find when booking in advance skyscanner.net has the best results for finding that affordable Indirect flight to Fez Sais starting from as little as £35 return!

Direct 3 hour flight to Fez from London starting from £135 return.
The national airlines are Royal Air Maroc: www.royalairmaroc.com/ fly's from Gatwick and Heathrow and its low-cost carrier subsidiary Atlas Blue www.atlas-blue.com/ fly's from Gatwick.
The main International airports are Casablanca and Tangier. Other international airports include Rabat-Sale (RBA), Fez Sais (FEZ) and Marrakech (RAK). All are popular destinations and have connecting flights.
Advance bookings of Indirect flight from £35 return with skyscanner.net
Ryanair: www.ryanair.com/ fly direct to Fez from Europe: Girona (Barcelona) (GRO), Frankfurt (Hahn), Marseille Provence MP2, Alicante (ALC), Brussels(CRL), Milan (Bergamo)(BDY), and Seville (SVQ) direct to Fez
Other airlines serving alternative Morocco airports include:
Easyjet: www.easyjet.com/
Royal Air Marco: www.royalairmaroc.com/
France: www.airfrance.co.uk/
Netherlands: www.klm.com/
Spain:www.Iberia.com ..."
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Photos from this trip:
1. "Sunset Azrou"
2. "Trains from Tangier and Marrakech to Meknes"
3. "Fast ferry Algeciras and Tarifa to Tangier"
4. "Local Amazigh (Berber) drum band"
5. "Barbary macaque"
6. "Donkey Trek"
7. "Hotels des Cedres"
8. "Henna hands"
9. "Tea in the forest"
10. "Water run"
11. "Yippy Trekking Again in Azrou."
12. "Amazigh (Berber) Horseman festival"
13. "Water Salesman Azrou Souk"
14. "Being Storked"
15. "Gorge hopping"
16. "Bridge that gap"

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